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NHS ( part two)

We do not have too many rules on the Rust but we are not encouraged to repeat the same theme two days running. However I make no apology for returning to yesterday’s topic of the alleged demise of the NHS. Yesterday I saw my private doctor for a flu jab. I very much like my doctor as he is [...]

January 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fitness regime (Week One)

Although it has been only six days since I began my new fitness campaign, I deliberately weighed in yesterday because it was a Monday and (for me, like most people) the first day of a new week. Thirteen stone ten, which means I have lost just two pounds. To remind you of the basics – food (and [...]

January 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

A new (old) business idea

Whilst we await President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in about ten days or so’s time (and, on current form, presumably the end of human civilisation as we know it about a week later), it occurred to me that we ought to be sharing some of our hopes and fears for 2017. For the past few [...]

January 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Summing up

If I had to describe Hong Kong in two words those would be ‘commercial bustle’.  It certainly shames our commerce. Let me give you an example. Having lost 2 pair of glasses in India, I called my opticians for a new pair. A fortnight later they were not ready. Yesterday I attended an [...]

January 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

It had to happen one day

Morning! Ingolby here. When I posted my blog yesterday, probably to their relief, I promised readers that I would be reporting upon progress on my 2017 fitness regime on a weekly basis. I therefore apologise for putting my head above the parapet quite so swiftly (only 24 hours later). On that [...]

January 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ Peninsula Hotel

Over the years I have heard only good things of the Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong and had always wanted to stay there. I was not to be disappointed. It’s the last word in luxurious service. The disembarkment was the now customary officious process. We were given a green luggage tag and called to [...]

January 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

In pursuit of the ‘ruby red’ …

My love of the Noble Art goes back a long way, probably to when I was about eight and (contrast this with today’s namby-pamby PC-ridden, ‘elf & safety-obsessed, world) and the year when my brother and I received pairs of boxing gloves for Christmas. I don’t know for sure – they may [...]

January 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

The fitness campaign starts here

We’re at that time of year again – New Year inevitably equals a looking back at our pigging out over the festive season (when we all ‘let go’ food and drink-wise because – as we intend to really sort ourselves out over the next twelve months – we may as well enjoy ourselves one [...]

January 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Hong Kong/ final port of call

If I had to cite the principal attraction of cruising it would be entering a new country or port of it by sea. Here are some pics I took of the Hong Kong skyline as we sailed in and also at night when there is a laser show. One of the irritants – at least on this cruise – is the level [...]

January 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

My new China

Before we disembarked for China there was an incident which typified cruise life. I bumped into Dorking Man in the lounge where we were requested to convene. We arrived that early that we were the only two in the lounge but we were on different tours. We started to chat only to be informed that [...]

January 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

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